Some couples are thought to delay to make sure they are certain before they begin an expensive legal process, and in the hope that an economic recovery may raise the value of their homes and savings.

"If we can delay the auction, we can sit down and negotiate a reasonable price," says Liu Yang, who heads the volunteer legal team.

But we too are inferior to the consequences of our doing, and we often have to observe how many lose their courage, hope and belief, while it is just a tiny "legal" delay.